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BORDER NEWS * Syria - Imposes New Custom Fees on Export Trucks
Beirut,Lebanon -Al-Mustaqbal daily /Naharnet Lebanon News -Jul 4, 2008: -- Syrian authorities began on Thursday imposing custom fees of around $380 on export trucks, a day after putting levies on Arab nationals leaving Syrian territories... Al-Mustaqbal daily said Friday that the new rule on every lorry entering or leaving Syria also targeted refrigerated trucks that transport foodstuff... It said those affected by the fees were mainly drivers from Lebanese, Jordanian and Kuwaiti nationalities... Long convoys of cargo trucks queued at east Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing and the area between the Lebanese and Syrian customs after the new regulation went into effect Thursday afternoon, the newspaper said... Al-Mustaqbal said the move could lead to a crisis particularly that Syrian customs will get around $760 in return for every truck entering Lebanese territories and going back to Syria...
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